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Information vs. COMELEC et al.

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY FOUNDATION OF THE PHILIPPINES, MA. CORAZON M. AKOL, MIGUEL UY, EDUARDO H. LOPEZ, AUGUSTO C. LAGMAN, REX C. DRILON, MIGUEL HILADO, LEY SALCEDO, AND MANUEL ALCUAZ, JR., PETITIONERS, VS. COMMISSION ON ELECTIONS, COMELEC CHAIRMAN BENJAMIN ABALOS, SR., COMELEC BIDDING AND AWARDS COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN EDUARDO D. MEJOS AND MEMBERS GIDEON DE GUZMAN, JOSE F. BALBUENA, LAMBERTO P. LLAMAS, AND BARTOLOME SINOCRUZ, JR., RESPONDENTS. [G.R. NO. 174777] AQUILINO Q. PIMENTEL, JR., SERGIO R. OSMEÑA III, PANFILO M. LACSON, ALFREDO S. LIM, JAMBY A.S. MADRIGAL, LUISA P. EJERCITO-ESTRADA, JINGGOY E. ESTRADA, RODOLFO G. BIAZON, AND RICHARD J. GORDON, PETITIONERS, VS. MA. MERCEDITAS NAVARRO-GUTIERREZ, IN HER CAPACITY AS OMBUDSMAN, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 159139 | 2017-06-06

D E C I S I O N
 
JARDELEZA, J.:
 
In Information Technology Foundation of the Philippines (Infotech) v. Commission on Elections (COMELEC),[1] we nullified the COMELEC's award to Mega Pacific Consortium of the procurement contract involving the automated counting machines (ACMs) for the 2004 national elections. We found that the COMELEC gravely abused its discretion when it awarded the contract to an entity which failed to establish itself as a proper consortium, and despite the ACMs' failure to meet certain technical requirements. This case presents the question of whether our conclusion in Infotech that...